and after decades of with this capability, what percentage of capable systems actually do this?... very few.
Right, because it was a dumb idea when it was originally developed and hasn't improved with the passage of time.
Bootable USB and MicroSD have rendered it obsolete and only the Control Freaks at Apple would want you to boot over the air from the cloud that they control.
Yeah because we all know that distributing thousands of USB or other Flash media units is so much easier than booting from a server or servers (not). It's hardly a 'dumb idea' and netbooting is something that has been and will continue to be used by quite a few enterprises.
Maybe it's a dumb idea if you are in Mom's basement, but in the real world having ways to manage images/OSes across many client devices matters a lot in some instances.
Now I'm not saying I think doing it from a third party via 'the cloud' (I hate that term) is necessarily a good idea. That would depend upon the implementation and the specific needs of the user segment(s) being addressed. I'm just saying that your statement is totally false when viewed as a generalization.
the programmers of the first GOOD ui will be linux users because they choose power over usability
Um...usability is what makes a UI good in the first place, not power. Take *nix for example. The command line is far more 'powerful' than any of the graphical UI's, yet the latter are far more 'usable' to the average user.
Chances are that if you have 3000 apps you are running routinely then you aren't producing anything either. Quite a few people only use a handful of applications to do very productive work.
The former is worse because they get paid with money taken from their fellow citizens at gunpoint. The majority of wealthy families are not out robbing people to keep their coffers full. In fact the majority of them are small/medium business owners whose families worked quite hard for that money. The Rockerfellers and Kennedys are the exception not the rule when it comes to family wealth, and for the most part the wealthy families give plenty back to society rather than just sitting around sucking on their crackpipe collecting their welfare check.
Okay, if an alarm clock is a mission critical application, and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, who in their right mind uses a phone to run a mission critical application in the first place?
The bug is inexcusable, yes, but so is relying on a phone and not an alarm clock to get up for work on time.
I agree on both counts, that it is a) stupid to rely on a phone as your alarm. It's a phone use it as such. Also b) this kind of bug is still inexcusable.
well it will be the year of linux on the phone, close enough for me, anyway phones are the new laptops.
No they aren't. Not even close. Not even the nicest smartphone is good enough ergonomically to use or any length of time editing documents, spreadsheets, etc. They are great at what they do but they are hardly even close to being laptop replacements for anyone who does any halfway serious work on a laptop.
Now, tablets might become said replacement. The larger screen size makes it more viable as a tool for productivity applications.
This is specifically about checkpoints where people are arbitrarily asked to take a test whether or not they appear to be intoxicated. That's not the same as being pulled over because you were driving erratically or the police have other reason to suspect you were drinking. In the this case it's random. You could be stone cold sober and be asked to take a test. Refuse and the onsite judge orders your blood taken.
Well of course you do because you're both closed-minded, left wing Marxists. What a couple of snots - oh, I forgot - it's./, home of the snots.
You don't have to be left-wing to find Palin to be an idiot.
Exactly. I'm registered as Independant but I'm fairly conservative in a libertarian sort of way. She scares the hell out of me. The idea of her holding any office scares the hell out of me. I also have no respect for an elected executive who quits mid term to sell her books, which is exactly what she did.
It's their choice as to what they sell. It is also not censorship. They are a private company and are free to sell whatever legal products they wish, or not sell them as the case may be. The summary makes it sound like Amazon is the only place one can buy a book.
All they'll do is open the door for alternative online book sale sites catering to specific tastes.
Because slightly older laptops might have an emtpy Mini PCIe slot but not an extra SATA connector? To me it's not a dissapointment but perhaps to the poster you replied to it is.
He was not only appointed by Obama, he was part of Obama's campaign. You should save your partisan assumptions for the time you spend on the Daily Kos.
Yeah because 'cramming' everything on one 42"+ HDTV is so horrible. Did you even think about what you were saying? What about the social aspect of sitting on the couch with a friend or loved one sharing the experience? Oh yeah...buying 2 HDTV's and setting them side by side with two consoles makes much more sense (not).
I don't think you (or any of us for that matter) have any comprehension of how long a billion years is, and it certainly is germane to your points. It's such a long time that you cannot really fathom it other than as an abstract number. The reason so much of what evolved in that first billion years in terms of cellular processes is still around is because it works. When something works it's propagated by evolution and combined in increasingly complex ways.
I still haven't figured out if you're just an artful troll or if you just can't grasp the concept. Either way nothing in your arguments is very compelling. I see your point but I think you just aren't grasping things quite right.
Actually you make a good point. If there ever really is a business need for a connected device though it should be something completely locked down. People are still free to have their own personal device that they pay for; there isn't a need to cave to user demand for features if they don't help give a competetive advantage.
Hmmm I'd think they'd at least want something ruggedized like this one that already meets military specs. There's no way a stock iPhone or more 'droid phones would stand up to any kind of abused in the field.
Unless there's a compelling business need there is no reason to allow Android or iOS devices to connect to a company's resources in any way. Personally if I were starting a new company I wouldn't allow anything other than a Blackberry to be used as a smartphone. One of the reasons RIM has been and continues to be successful in the business space is the security of their devices.
If people want their shiny toys they are free to get one on their own dime and use it with their own resources.
Yep, and juries can also request more information, research material, or clarification from the court. Wikipedia didn't cause this mistrial. A dumbass juror who broke the rules did.
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Schoolyard bullies are cowards at heart and back down when confronted most of the time. Bad analogy.
So the mark of the beast is Mark Zuckerberg?
No he's the Antichrist. Try to keep up. The Mark of the Beast is having a Facefuck account.
and after decades of with this capability, what percentage of capable systems actually do this? ... very few.
Right, because it was a dumb idea when it was originally developed and hasn't improved with the passage of time.
Bootable USB and MicroSD have rendered it obsolete and only the Control Freaks at Apple would want you to boot over the air from the cloud that they control.
Yeah because we all know that distributing thousands of USB or other Flash media units is so much easier than booting from a server or servers (not). It's hardly a 'dumb idea' and netbooting is something that has been and will continue to be used by quite a few enterprises.
Maybe it's a dumb idea if you are in Mom's basement, but in the real world having ways to manage images/OSes across many client devices matters a lot in some instances.
Now I'm not saying I think doing it from a third party via 'the cloud' (I hate that term) is necessarily a good idea. That would depend upon the implementation and the specific needs of the user segment(s) being addressed. I'm just saying that your statement is totally false when viewed as a generalization.
the programmers of the first GOOD ui will be linux users because they choose power over usability
Um...usability is what makes a UI good in the first place, not power. Take *nix for example. The command line is far more 'powerful' than any of the graphical UI's, yet the latter are far more 'usable' to the average user.
You've got it backwards.
Chances are that if you have 3000 apps you are running routinely then you aren't producing anything either. Quite a few people only use a handful of applications to do very productive work.
The former is worse because they get paid with money taken from their fellow citizens at gunpoint. The majority of wealthy families are not out robbing people to keep their coffers full. In fact the majority of them are small/medium business owners whose families worked quite hard for that money. The Rockerfellers and Kennedys are the exception not the rule when it comes to family wealth, and for the most part the wealthy families give plenty back to society rather than just sitting around sucking on their crackpipe collecting their welfare check.
Okay, if an alarm clock is a mission critical application, and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, who in their right mind uses a phone to run a mission critical application in the first place?
The bug is inexcusable, yes, but so is relying on a phone and not an alarm clock to get up for work on time.
I agree on both counts, that it is a) stupid to rely on a phone as your alarm. It's a phone use it as such. Also b) this kind of bug is still inexcusable.
well it will be the year of linux on the phone, close enough for me, anyway phones are the new laptops.
No they aren't. Not even close. Not even the nicest smartphone is good enough ergonomically to use or any length of time editing documents, spreadsheets, etc. They are great at what they do but they are hardly even close to being laptop replacements for anyone who does any halfway serious work on a laptop.
Now, tablets might become said replacement. The larger screen size makes it more viable as a tool for productivity applications.
If you agree to something without reading it then it's your own damn fault if you don't like the outcome.
This is specifically about checkpoints where people are arbitrarily asked to take a test whether or not they appear to be intoxicated. That's not the same as being pulled over because you were driving erratically or the police have other reason to suspect you were drinking. In the this case it's random. You could be stone cold sober and be asked to take a test. Refuse and the onsite judge orders your blood taken.
Very different things.
Doubtful. The vast majority of Anonymous does what they do for the lulz, not out of any ideology.
However i do agree with every else you said.
Well of course you do because you're both closed-minded, left wing Marxists. What a couple of snots - oh, I forgot - it's ./, home of the snots.
You don't have to be left-wing to find Palin to be an idiot.
Exactly. I'm registered as Independant but I'm fairly conservative in a libertarian sort of way. She scares the hell out of me. The idea of her holding any office scares the hell out of me. I also have no respect for an elected executive who quits mid term to sell her books, which is exactly what she did.
His name is mark
You need anger management training
It's their choice as to what they sell. It is also not censorship. They are a private company and are free to sell whatever legal products they wish, or not sell them as the case may be. The summary makes it sound like Amazon is the only place one can buy a book.
All they'll do is open the door for alternative online book sale sites catering to specific tastes.
Why is SATA a disappointment?
Because slightly older laptops might have an emtpy Mini PCIe slot but not an extra SATA connector? To me it's not a dissapointment but perhaps to the poster you replied to it is.
Bugger off!
I'm sure the GP would agree...that really stings.
He was not only appointed by Obama, he was part of Obama's campaign. You should save your partisan assumptions for the time you spend on the Daily Kos.
Yeah because 'cramming' everything on one 42"+ HDTV is so horrible. Did you even think about what you were saying? What about the social aspect of sitting on the couch with a friend or loved one sharing the experience? Oh yeah...buying 2 HDTV's and setting them side by side with two consoles makes much more sense (not).
I don't think you (or any of us for that matter) have any comprehension of how long a billion years is, and it certainly is germane to your points. It's such a long time that you cannot really fathom it other than as an abstract number. The reason so much of what evolved in that first billion years in terms of cellular processes is still around is because it works. When something works it's propagated by evolution and combined in increasingly complex ways.
I still haven't figured out if you're just an artful troll or if you just can't grasp the concept. Either way nothing in your arguments is very compelling. I see your point but I think you just aren't grasping things quite right.
Actually you make a good point. If there ever really is a business need for a connected device though it should be something completely locked down. People are still free to have their own personal device that they pay for; there isn't a need to cave to user demand for features if they don't help give a competetive advantage.
Hmmm I'd think they'd at least want something ruggedized like this one that already meets military specs. There's no way a stock iPhone or more 'droid phones would stand up to any kind of abused in the field.
Unless there's a compelling business need there is no reason to allow Android or iOS devices to connect to a company's resources in any way. Personally if I were starting a new company I wouldn't allow anything other than a Blackberry to be used as a smartphone. One of the reasons RIM has been and continues to be successful in the business space is the security of their devices.
If people want their shiny toys they are free to get one on their own dime and use it with their own resources.
Yep, and juries can also request more information, research material, or clarification from the court. Wikipedia didn't cause this mistrial. A dumbass juror who broke the rules did.
"Sent from my CR-48"
We don't care. Stop being a twat.
Then turn sigs off and stop being an asshole.